Old Man Andrews Allardyce stopped them from being relegated and they are the 8th best team in the country currently. Who is to say that he wouldn't have brought in flair players this summer to help improve the style of play?

Old Man Andrews Allardyce stopped them from being relegated and they are the 8th best team in the country currently. Who is to say that he wouldn't have brought in flair players this summer to help improve the style of play?

Errr, anyone who's heard of him?

To be fair to him Allardyce had quite attractive and effective sides during his time with both Bolton and West Ham. West Ham ditched him because they wanted more, but the team he left for Bilic was half decent to watch.

In terms of Everton, he did the job the board wanted of him. He saved them from going down (although I think they were in 13th by the time he took over so it could be said they didn't really need him) and he got a nice big payoff after initially refusing to work for them on the 6 month contract they offered him at the time. They wanted Silva all along of course, so it looks like an expensive way of getting him and they've effectively paid Allardyce the compensation they might've otherwise paid to Watford.